1st Edition

Encounter with Nothingness An Essay on Existentialism

By Helmut Kuhn Copyright 1951
194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

194 Pages
by Routledge

This book, first published in 1951, discusses the fundamental concepts which have crystallized around the fatal ‘crisis’. It proceeds by critically examining the theories which, from Kierkegaard to Heidegger, Sartre and their associates, have placed Existentialism in the focus of philosophical thought.

1. What is Existence?  2. Nothingness Astir  3. Estrangement  4. Subjective Truth  5. Gravediggers at Work  6. Condemned to be Free  7. The Crisis of the Drama  8. Illumination through Anguish  9. Beyond Crisis

Biography

Helmut Kuhn